'TP mission'
Teatro Paraguas promotes Hispanic and Latino poetry, literature and theater through bilingual presentations of classic and contemporary works, celebrating the history, richness and diversity of Hispanic and Latino cultures.

Teatro Paraguas maintains a 55-seat studio theatre not only for its own productions but as a community resource for performing and literary arts in northern New Mexico and an incubator for emerging theatre groups,youth groups, individual performers, poets and musicians.

We have produced 33 plays since our debut performance !Neruda: canto porque canto y porque canto! in 2004.

Our work falls roughly into four categories:

  • Poetry performance series, which honors Hispanic and Latino poets through dramatic presentations of their poetry
  • Classic and contemporary plays, including plays by New Mexico playwrights.
  • Cuentos series, which brings traditional Hispanic folk tales to life on the stage
  • Spanish language productions onstage and as radio theater

Since 2008, Teatro Paraguas has produced 12 plays by eight New Mexico playwrights. TP is committed to promoting local writers whose work reflects the Hispanic/Latino/New Mexico experience.

2011
Manhattan Glass, by Joey Chavez
The Medea Complex, by Patricia Crespin
2010
The Ballad of Sucio's Frog, by Mary Mier
Shortes and Overpopulation, by Angelo Jaramillo
Choices, by RosaRio Roybal
Lion in the Lamb, by Deborah Dennison
Parted Waters, by Robert Benjamin
2009
We Are Hispanic-American Women...OK?, by Patricia Crespin
Las tres Pigletitas y el Diablo the Wolf, by Patricia Crespin
2008
Las Apariciónes de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, by Linda Pedro de Martinez
Arrores, by Angelo Jaramillo

Teatro Paraguas is committed to working with teens and young people from both native Hispanic and immigrant families. Past projects include the Cuentos series and Choices, Shortes, Overpopulation, Las Apariciones de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, and Tres Comedias Curiosas. Young actors work alongside experienced adult actors onstage, gaining invaluable experience.

TP Son de domingo events provide opportunities for poets and musicians to perform in an intimate setting on a split-of-donations basis on Sunday evenings.

TP makes its Studio available for classes, workshops, and rehearsals and performances by performers and other theater companies.

Teatro Paraguas is a 501(c)(3) arts organization (FEIN 27-0419425) and serves as fiscal agent for several Santa Fe-based theater companies.

We are open to partnerships with other arts organizations, non-profit service organizations and local businesses, as well as commissions, mentorships, suggestions for programming, comments, and feedback.

Please contact us at:
505-424-1601
teatroparaguas@gmail.com

This project is made possible in part by:

  • New Mexico Arts, a division of the Dept. of Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for the Arts
  • Santa Fe Arts Commission, and the 1% Lodgers' Tax
  • Tyson-Cook Foundation
  • Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry
  • Santa Fe Community Foundation
  • Our patrons and private donors

TP is a member of:

National Association of Latino Arts and Culture.

Founding Members: Macarena Muñoz (Spain), Cathy Nelson (Mexico), Gustav Alsina (Uruguay), Meg Hachman, Mary Mier, Karmela Gonzales, Enid Howarth, Corinna MacNeice, Ron Mier, Ray Gere, Crawford MacCallum, Argos MacCallum

Board of Directors: Argos MacCallum (president), Alan Rapoport (treasurer), John Camacho (secretary)
members-at-large: Lenore Gallegos, Paola Vengoechea, Bill Rhoades, Robert Sinn, Mariana Bornholdt, Crawford MacCallum, Yves C. Lucero, Nicole Phelps, Jason Jaramillo

Contact Us

Teatro Paraguas

3205 Calle Marie Suite B 
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505

Tel: 505 424-1601

teatroparaguas@gmail.com

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